One died and five more injured in road accident at Kurnool

Kurnool: A ghastly road accident has taken place on the early hours of Tuesday near Allagadda in Kurnool district. In the incident one person died and five more suffered grevious injuries.

Some of the critically injured were rushed to Nandyal general hospital while the others to Allagadda hospital. The deceased has been identified as Lakshminarayana resident of East Godavari district.

According to information some people from East Godavari District after hiring a tourist bus were set on a pilgrimage, two days ago. First they had darshan of Lord Balaji at Tirupati and left for Kanipakkam.

After bestowing the blessings of the presiding gods at Kanipakam they were known to be heading to Mahanandi to have the Darshan of Nandeeshwara Swamy. When the bus in which they were travelling reached Allagadda on the early hours of Tuesday it hit a stationary lorry on the road side.

In the incident one person died on the spot and five more suffered serious injuries. On learning about the accident, Allagadda police rushed to the spot and rushed the injured to hospitals at Nandyal and Allagadda. The reason behind the accident is known to be the bus driver was in sleepy mode. Cops investigating the case.